But wooden floorboards can let a lot of air leak through and significantly decrease the thermal comfort factor in your home.
During long wet, cold and / or high humidity periods, mould, mildew and moisture can enter your home making it unhealthy for family members.
The space underneath your floor can stay wet for a long time when there has been a lot of rain. The air can become stagnant allowing toxins into your home. This can potentially create an unhealthy internal environment in your home.
Where do I start to stop the cold air coming in through my wooden floorboards?
The best solution is to insulate underneath your floor with a Polyester Underfloor Insulation and/or fill any cracks or gaps with UltraClear.
This is where and how to start:
- Find out if you have gaps between your floorboards.
- Look for gaps between your skirting board and your floorboards.
- Assess the crawl space underneath your house.
- Assess the structural condition of the floor framework and the stumps or piers that hold up the beams of your home.
Houses move, wood shrinks and expands with climate conditions, foundations deteriorate with age and weather, and termites can take up residence and eat the wood away. If you have severe gaps and cracks throughout your home, then have an expert inspect your underfloor in case you have a serious structural problem.
If, however, you have located gaps and cracks in your floorboards, (as shown and described in our video) the very first thing to do is to fill those gaps and cracks.
Maurice Beinat, Technical Director of ecoMaster, explains how to locate gaps and how to fill them in this video.
